Al Tarf

E572592

Al Tarf is a bright giant star in the constellation Cancer, designated as Beta Cancri and visible to the naked eye.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Al Tarf canonical 2
al-tarf 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bright giant star
star
belongsToPopulation Galactic thin disk
hasAge on the order of a few billion years
hasAlternativeName 4 Cnc
Beta Cnc
linked to: Beta Cancri

β Cnc
linked to: Beta Cancri
hasApparentMagnitude approximately 3.5
hasArabicNameMeaning the End
hasBayerDesignation β Cancri
linked to: Beta Cancri
hasBDDesignation BD+09 1905
hasColorIndexBMinusV about +1.48
hasColorIndexUMinusB about +1.80
hasConstellationAbbreviation Cnc
hasDeclination approximately +09° 11′
hasDesignation Beta Cancri
hasDistanceFromEarth about 290 light-years
about 90 parsecs
hasEffectiveTemperature about 4000 K
hasEquinox J2000.0
hasEvolutionaryStage red giant branch
hasFlamsteedDesignation 4 Cancri
hasGalacticLatitude about +22°
hasGalacticLongitude about 216°
hasHDDesignation HD 69267
hasHIPDesignation HIP 40526
hasHRDesignation HR 3249
hasLuminosity about 660 times solar luminosity
hasMass about 1.7 solar masses
hasMetallicity slightly above solar
hasParallax about 6.3 milliarcseconds
hasProperMotionDec about −11 mas/yr
hasProperMotionRA about −23 mas/yr
hasRadialVelocity about +22 km/s
hasRadius about 47 solar radii
hasRightAscension approximately 08h 16m
hasSpectralClass K-type giant
hasSpectralType K4III
hasSurfaceGravityLogG about 1.5
hasVariableStatus not known to be variable
isDominantColor orange
isOneOfBrightestStarsInConstellation Cancer
locatedInConstellation Cancer
locatedInGalaxy Milky Way
orbits Milky Way center
visibleTo naked eye

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Beta Cancri otherName Al Tarf
Altarf hasArabicNameEtymology al-tarf
linked to: Al Tarf
HD 69267 hasAlternateName Al Tarf